The 2020 Women's Tour has been cancelled and organizer Sweet Spot has decided to tackle the 2021 edition of the British stage race, planning to broadcast the race live on television.

The Women's WorldTour series includes the Tour of Chongmin Island, Strade Bianche, Bebrising Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda postponed, Drydags Brugge des Pannees, and Ghent-Wevelgem, and the Coronavirus Due to health and safety precautions associated with the pandemic, there have been a number of cancellations and postponements.

The Tour of California was cancelled last year for financial reasons; the UCI will announce a new end-of-summer race calendar on Tuesday, but races will depend on the decisions of specific countries and governments.

In mid-March, organizers announced that the women's Tour would be postponed for 2020, but with the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic in road racing still unknown and a significant number of people in the UK infected, Sweet Spot is currently working on a six-stage race in 2020 to It has given up on finding a date to hold the race and plans to hold the race in June 2021. According to Sweet Spot, the 2021 race will cover the route from Oxfordshire to Suffolk in southern England planned for 2020.

"After discussions with stakeholders, sponsors, British Cycling and the UCI, we have decided to hold the next edition of the Women's Tour in June 2021."

"Recognizing the unprecedented nature of the current global situation and the challenges of the UCI calendar, an alternative date for 2020 We wanted to make an early decision not to look for an alternative date."

"We are very pleased that the UCI has decided not to pursue a new date for the 2020 Tour.

The Women's Tour was created in 2014 and joined the Women's World Tour in 2016, quickly rising to the top level of professional bicycle racing; when OVO Energy became the title sponsor, the event became one of the most attractive races in the series and OVO Energy brought the total prize money for the women's Tour on par with the men's Tour of Britain.In 2019, the peloton contested the six-day race for €97,880.The 2019 race was won by Lizzie Dayignan, who returned to racing after giving birth.

Sweet Spot and British Cycling have a long-term agreement to host the race and hope to broadcast it live on television in 2021.

"With the extra time now available," Roberts said, "we are looking forward to making next year's Women's Tour even bigger and better than before and making it a great celebration of cycling and Britain. 17]

." We are currently working with our partners on plans to live stream the Women's Tour for the first time in 2021."

." We are also exploring opportunities to bring racing closer than ever to fans in these challenging times, including the opportunity to run races and past stages on home trainers."

Organizers have submitted dates to the UCI for Monday, June 7 through Saturday, June 12, 2021, and final confirmation of the dates and the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour calendar will be announced in the coming months.